Abracadabra may have made its author, Nathaniel Schiffman, a fugitive from
outraged practitioners of the so-called “magic” arts. It is a wholesale
exposé of methods used by conjurers and others, such as advertisers, to
deceive their audiences. It even has a section on misdirection used to fool you
in everyday life and on similar techniques used in warfare. It is riveting from
start to finish—despite chagrin on realising you have certainly been a
victim yourself. Published by Prometheus Books, $22.95, ISBN
1573921637.
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